Your Weekend: Fashion, music fill the calendar

The Porch Chops play their anniversary gig on Friday night.

Goodwill hits the catwalk, opens sale

Frugal fashionistas, rejoice! Goodwill Industries of Delaware and Delaware County will host its fourth annual runway show and "Second-hand chic boutique" sale at 6 p.m. Friday.

Held at the Sheraton Wilmington South, 365 Airport Road in New Castle, the event promises high-end style on a budget. Goodwill culls the best in apparel, shoes and accessories from its 17 area stores for the sale and catwalk.

General tickets for the two-hour event are $35 per person and include hors d'oeuvres and music from local singer/songwriter Beth Goldwater. Or upgrade to VIP status for $50 and shop the sale 45 minutes early, beginning at 5:15 p.m, and enjoy complimentary wine. Tickets are available at www.goodwillde.org/ runwaytickets.asp.

- Margie Fishman

Jetpacks, fellow Scots rock Gild Hall

Not long after recording its newly-released live album at Philadelphia's Union Transfer in 2012, Scottish indie rock band We Were Promised Jetpacks landed at Mojo Main in Newark for a blistering show.

It was a band with buzz and a big sound performing in a small room and the five-piece totally delivered.

The act waited more than a year to release the live album, "E Rey Live In Philadelphia," which came out Tuesday. And now they find themselves on the road supporting its first live release.

Instead of returning to Philadelphia as conquering heroes, the band will perform at Arden's Gild Hall (2126 The Highway) Thursday night at 7:30.

Fellow Glaswegian act, the noise pop band Honeyblood, will help open the night. Stallions, the catchy Newark pop/rock five-piece, will kick things off.

Guests will include musicians with national followings, like saxophonist Greg Osby, who has released more than a dozen albums for the famed Blue Note Records label, along with keyboardist Jordan Leitner (Mad-Sweet Pangs) and Rob Grant (Cameltones), among others.

Guests will see iconic looks from the show, including Lady Sybil's harem pants, Lady Mary's engagement dress and Lady Edith's wedding gown. But the exhibit also goes downstairs, with clothing from the staff as well.

The costumes are supplemented with images from the program, plus items from the museum's collection highlighting life at Winterthur.

Entrance to Costumes of "Downton Abbey" is included in the museum's $20 admission, but timed tickets must be bought in advance for the exhibit.